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  • Made by Gladding, McBean & Company of Los Angeles, California
  • Square shape; flat pieces have rounded corners; handles
    have a kidney bean look; finials are tab-hanles
  • Produced in the 40s and 50s
  • Metopolitan was made in satin finish glazes
  • Tiempo is the Metopolitan shape in the following solid colors:
    • Copper (red/brown)
    • Mustard
    • Pebble (lt. brown)
    • Sprout (chartreuse)
    • Leaf (dark green)
    • Stone (grey)
    • Pink
    • White
    • Hot Chocolate (dk. brown)
  • Assortment consists of approx. 25 items
  • Items have a Franciscan backstamp

Tiempo: Covered sugar in copper
coffeepot in stone, creamer in leaf